Shoe support



Dec. 31, 1935.

A. B. CORNELIUS SHOE SUPPORT Filed Aug. 17, 1934 v 4 f4. 5. coffvs'L/l/Sl INVENTOR.

A TTORNEY` Cil Patented Dec. 3'1, 1935 UNITED STATES 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to apparatus for use in shining shoes or removing dust therefrom. Among the objects of this invention are to provide a shoe-supporting bracket for the purpose indicated which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture; to provide apparatus of the character indicated which is easy to manipulate; to provide apparatus 'of the character indicated which may be readily mounted upon a wall or other structure in basement, kitchen, bath room, or wherever else it may be desired to place the same; to provide apparatus of the character indicated Which is easy to put in place on a wall or remove same therefrom when the work is completed; to provide apparatus of the character indicated such that a shoe may be readily mounted in place thereon or removed therefrom; to provide a structure of the character indicated which will efficiently hold a shoe in place and support the upper thereof for shining purposes; and such further objects, advantages, and capabilities as will hereafter appear and as are inherent in the construction disclosed herein. My invention further resides in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawing and, while I have shown therein what is now considered the preferred embodiment of this invention, I desire the same to be understood as illustrative only and not to be interpreted in a limiting sense.

In the drawing annexed hereto and forming a part hereof,

Fig. 1 illustrates a plan; Fig. 2, a side elevation; and Fig. 3, an underside view of a construction embodying my invention;

Fig. 4 represents a cross section taken substantially along the plane indicated by the line 4 4, Fig. 2.

Reference will now be made in greater detail to the annexed drawing for a more complete description of this construction which comprises,

' essentially, a supporting bracket for the shoe and a supporting member for the shoe-upper to hold the same in place while the shoe is being polished. 'Ihe bracket has a top I and turned-down sides 2. It also comprises turned-in flanges 3 and 4 to which is secured an end plate 5 provided with slots for the reception of the screws 6 which are screwed into a wall and upon which the bracket is supported while in use. The top I is slotted, as indicated at 1, and provided with openings 8 for the reception of a hook 9 on one end of the spring I0. This plurality of openings 8 provides for adjustment of the spring I and the block II to which the second end I2 of the spring is connected.

"t one end, the bracket is provided with a pair of abutments I3 which are somewhat hook-shaped in order to engage over the top of the sole and hold the same down, as well as preventing movement of the shoe forwardly under the iniluence of the spring I0. As indicated above, the second end I2 of the spring I D is connected to the block II. To effect this connection, a bracket I4 is formed integrally with or connected to the block II, the same being notched upon opposite sides, as shown in Fig. 4, for the reception of the parts of the top I upon opposite sides of the slot 1. As is apparent from the drawing, the bracket I 4 is provided with an opening for the reception of the hook I2 of spring I0. The bracket I4 serves as a guide for one side of the block II, the other side being guided by the bracket I on the opposite edge of the block. As shown in Fig. 3, this bracket I5 is much shorter than the bracket I4 and overlaps the sides of the slot 'l much less than is true of the bracketA I4. The purpose of making this bracket small is for the sake of ease of assembly when the parts are being put together.

In order to support the shoe-upper in the vicinity of the toe and instep, I provide a bent steelspring I'I having a bent cross-strip I8 secured thereto. The construction and operation of this will be obvious' from Figs. 1 and 2. In order to take care of shoes of diierent sizes, I may provide two or more of these springs or instep-supports for use with mens, womens, and childrens shoes. As indicated above, the openings 8 are for the purpose of adjusting the opening between .the holding devices I3 and I6 to take care of shoes of different sizes. l-Iow this is accomplished will be obvious without further description. The shoe may be placed with either heel or toe against the abutments I6 and then shoved until the other end can be put inside the abutments I3. In doing this, tension is placed upon the spring I0 and this causes the abutments I3 and I6 to rigidly hold the shoe in place. The spring I'I is then inserted into the shoe so that the upper of the shoe will be supported in place to be polished. After the work has been completed, the bracket can be lifted and the openings in the plate 5 freed from the screws 6, thus permitting the bracket to be put away in storage position.

It will of course be understood that the specic description of structure set forth above may be departed from without departing from the spirit of this invention as set forth in this specication and the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A shoe-holder for shoe-shining purposes, comprising a bracket having openings whereby the bracket may be detachably mounted upon a Wall or other support, said bracket having a xedly mounted projection or projections for engaging externally the toe end of the shoe sole, and a heel-engaging projection sli'dably mounted on and resiliently actuated along the bracket.

2. A shoe-holder for shoe-shining purposes, comprising a bracket having openings whereby the bracket may be detachably mounted upon a Wall or other support to project therefrom at a right angle thereto, said bracket having a xedly mounted shoe-toe-engaging projection or projections, a heel-engaging projection mounted on the bracket and having a part projecting through a slot in the bracket for the attachment thereto of a spring whereby the projection may be pulled longitudinally of the bracket, and a spring attached at one end to the bracket and at its other end to the heel-engaging projection.

3. A shoe-polishing holder comprising a bracket having an end whereby the bracket may be detachably secured to a support, a top connected to said end, anges connecting the top and end to make a rigid structure, said top having a longitudinal slot for the reception and guiding of a holding member, a holding member mounted on said top and having guiding parts extending into said slot, said holding, member having parts adapted to engage a part of a shoe and to co- .operate With other holding members in holding the shoe in position, other holding members on the top to engage the shoe and cooperate in holding same in position, and resilient means actuating the first named holding member toward the second named holding members to cause gripping of the shoe whereby to hold same in place on the bracket.

ARCHIE B. CORNELIUS. 

